Descriptions of two new species of Euxoa Hübner, [1821], subgenus Pleonectopoda Grote, 1873, from Siberia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Author Kononenko, V. S. Author Behounek, G. Author Gyulai, P. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-21 4483 2 258 270 journal article 29511 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.2 03f57e34-275a-41b9-9fa1-10e22aba156e 1175-5326 1437657 BBFC361D-CB91-44EB-890E-D0CC1F4C42E3 Euxoa ( Pleonectopoda ) culminicola ( Staudinger, 1870 ) ( Figs 35, 36 , 49, 51 ) Agrotis culminicola Staudinger, 1870 , Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 1870: 107. Type-locality "Monte Rosa." Syntypes : MNHU , Berlin . References: Warren 1909–1914 : 30, Pl. 6 row e ( Euxoa ); Hampson 1903 : 241, ( Euxoa ); Bang-Haas 1922 : 36, Pl. 9: 12 ( Euxoa ); Corti & Draudt 1931 –1938: 28, ( Euxoa ); Fibiger 1990 : 64, Pl. 6: 32, 33, ( Euxoa , Pleonectopoda ); Fibiger 1997 : 67, fig. 43 ( Euxoa , Euxoa ) Fibiger et al. 2011 : 42 ( Euxoa , Euxoa ). Note. The species was placed by Fibiger (1993) in the subgenus Pleonectopoda , but later it was moved to the subgenus Euxoa (s. str.) ( Fibiger 1997 ) where it was maintained in the last checklist of European Noctuoidea ( Fibiger et al. 2011 ). Here we restore its placement in Pleonectopoda on the basis of the vesica's being twisted subbasally and wing pattern features enumerated in the description. The species is similar to the Nearctic westermanni species group ( Lafontaine 1987 ). In the course of present study, we examined an extensive material on E. culminicola from European Alps. Genitalia slides GB, 0 440, 8449 males, 8448, 8449, 8450 females, coll. GB/ ZSM . Distribution. Europe: Germany (South Bavaria ); Austria ( Vorarlberg , North- and East Tyrol , Alps, Salzburg ); Andorra ; South France (Mid Pyrenees, Provence, Alps de Haute Provence: Central Italy Apennines, Abruzzens); Switzerland ( Graubünden , Wallis ). The moths collected at the elevation over 2000 m . Note. The records from Central Italy ( Montagna Grande , 1,800 m in ZSM ) were most likely based on spuriously labeled material by F. Dannehl to increase the selling price ( A. Zilli , pers. comm.) and require confirmation.